楊萬里《春暖郡圃散策三首（其三）》“Strolling in the Prefecture Garden in the Warmth of Spring (No. 3)” by Yang Wanli (1127-1206)
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春禽處處講新聲，
細草欣欣賀嫩晴。
曲折遍穿花底路，
莫令一步作虛行。
Spring fowl hither and thither sing their new tunes;
Fine grass with vim and vigour celebrates the tender day and fair.
[I] wind my way through all the paths beneath the blossoms
Not letting a single step be taken in vain.
* From Yang Wanli, Chengzhai ji 誠齋集, Sibu congkan chubian 四部叢刊初編 (Shanghai: Shangwu yinshuguan, 1929), vol. 1186, 8.8b.
Album leaf by Xiang Shengmo 項聖謨 (1597-1658)
Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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